The Latest: Jul 14, 2018

Millennials often get a lot of slack from baby boomers because we’re too busy “buying avocados” instead of diamonds, houses, and other things that apparently stabilize the economy. Clearly, baby boomers have never had a good avocado toast. In all seriousness, the best place for millennials to live might not be anywhere near the U.S. In the United States, there is over $1.2 trillion owed in student loan debt and millennials are the vast majority who owe money.

Are you trying to decide what you’re going to get on Amazon’s Prime Day this year? The deals and steals are even better than ever before. Amazon really stepped up their game for 2018 and it is giving us a very tough choice on what we’ll drop tons of money on. If you’ve wanted an Amazon Alexa product in your house but never could reason spending the money on some of the more expensive products.

If you live on Snapchat and Amazon, your life might just be getting a whole lot better. Or possibly worse, depending on if you have bad spending habits. We’ve all been there, buying something on Amazon we don’t actually need but “it’s such a good deal, how can I not buy it?” Don’t feel too bad. Snapchat is looking to launch a new search feature that will team them up with Amazon.

According to the Boston University sustainability department, an average shower uses about 5 gallons of water per minute. That means if you shorten your shower by just 2 minutes each day, you can cut your water use by 10 gallons at a time. It really adds up–with major impacts to your wallet and the environment. Whatever your goal–lowering your bill or just your water usage overall–it’s quite the challenge to try and shorten your time in the shower.